2006-06-29 06:45:19 · 13 answers · asked by brettm516 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Very interesting question. They would work as long as the battery has power to give. This is all assuming a car could handle such speed.
The visible light however, may be null. You might not see any of the light in front of you. Everythign around you may just become black.
Try this experiment. Stare at a bright or near bright spot while sitting in the dark. You will notice everything around the spot grow darker and darker. The bright spot can actually fade out of site until you move your eye.
Could this be the opposite though and everything around you growns brighter? This is something that cannot be solved until we travel at the speed of light ourselves.
2006-06-29 06:48:30 · answer #1 · answered by WDubsW 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simple test. Have someone drive while you sit in the passenger seat. Drive at, lets say 20 mph. You will be holding in your hand a ball. The ball is also going 20mph, everything connected to the car is going 20mph. Extend your arm out the window with the ball and throw it ahead of you. The ball, not your arm! It will then be traveling 20 mph plus the speed at which the forces acted upon it pushed it. So yes, your headlights will work, although I am not sure at that speed what good they would do. If a deer jumped in front of you your reaction time to hit the brakes would have to be quick!
2006-06-29 21:47:04 · answer #2 · answered by yenkoman1969 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is right up there with the question: " If you strangle a Smurf, what color does it turn? "
In all reality, yes they would work, but you would be unable to see their effects because the light would never get away from the bulbs. Light speed is constant regardless of the speed of origin, only being affected by gravity. So, maybe a black hole would be able to pull the light away, but then I think you would have other problems to deal with... Let me know how the trip comes out, okay???
2006-06-29 15:41:06 · answer #3 · answered by Luis G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but to people in front of you, they wouldn't be visible light, they would be blue shifted into the very intense gamma region. People behind would get super red shifted... they would become radio waves.
relativity says they would work, since the speed of light is independent of of the speed the observers/source, they would, however, have a doppler shift.
2006-06-29 14:11:58 · answer #4 · answered by yarbigy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That´s like the question: which falls first : a Ton of rocks or a TON of Feathers? - of course BOTH! Gravity affects the same ton.
So going after your question, BOTH are constant...so you´ll see the lights up front, but they cannot "scape the range" like when you´re in the road". It´s a matter of placement, rather than light reach.
Hope you´re good with this.
2006-06-29 14:02:39 · answer #5 · answered by David_RiveraH 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, because they would then be traveling faster then the speed of light. its like giving them a running start.
2006-06-29 13:50:21 · answer #6 · answered by white_goth_11 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, they would work like normal cause they are traveling also at the speed of light...........
2006-06-29 13:48:18 · answer #7 · answered by smalltd28 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats an old lame joke by Stephen Wright from years ago. You should give him credit for using his material
2006-06-29 13:48:35 · answer #8 · answered by thunder2sys 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never thought about it.....I don't know, maybe not because you are going the same speed.
2006-06-29 13:49:23 · answer #9 · answered by Not_Here 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2006-06-29 13:48:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋